Activation control method, user equipment and network device

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure provides an activation control method, a user equipment and a network device. The method includes: receiving configuration information transmitted by a network device, where the configuration information is used to indicate at least one of a transmission resource and an operation attribute; when the transmission resource and/or the operation attribute are configured for a target object, performing a deactivation function operation on the target object. The target object is a cell, a carrier or a bandwidth part (BWP).

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit and priority of Chinese ApplicationNo. 201710883091.1, filed on Sep. 26, 2017, which is incorporated hereinby reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of communicationtechnologies, and in particular to an activation control method, a userequipment and a network device.

BACKGROUND

In the Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, when a user equipment (UE)transmits uplink data, the UE transmits the uplink data on uplinkresources granted and scheduled in real time by a network device in auplink scheduling grant mode. In other words, before the current UEtransmits the uplink data, the UE needs to receive an uplink grantmessage transmitted by the network device and then transmits uplink dataon uplink resources indicated by the uplink grant message. In this way,the UE transmits the uplink data only after receiving the uplink grantmessage transmitted by the network device, resulting in large datadelays and large signaling overhead.

In order to reduce the delay and the signaling overhead, the fifthgeneration (5G) mobile communication system supports the UE to transmituplink data in a uplink scheduling grant-free manner, that is, the UEcan transmit uplink data without an uplink grant message transmitted bythe network device.

Compared with the mobile communication systems in the related art, thefuture 5G mobile communication system needs to adapt to more diversescenarios and service requirements. Main scenarios of New Radio (NR)include Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), Massive Machine Type ofCommunication (mMTC), and

Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications (URLLC), and thesescenarios put forward high reliability, low latency, large bandwidth,wide coverage and other requirements for the system. For certainscenarios, low latency and highly reliable transmission are required.For such service requirements, the NR supports grant-free mode, toreduce signaling interaction procedures and ennsure low latencyrequirements.

In the related art, a Scell and a bandwidth part (BWP) can bedeactivated, and there is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH)loss problem. The PDCCH scheduling may extend a Scell deactivationtimer. If the PDCCH is lost, the Scell deactivation timer is notextended, and then the Scell is deactivated when the timer expires. As aresult, uplink transmission of the UE cannot be transmitted, and thusthe uplink transmission of the UE may be delayed.

SUMMARY

One embodiment of the present disclosure provides an activation controlmethod including:

receiving configuration information transmitted by a network device,wherein the configuration information is used to indicate at least oneof a transmission resource and an operation attribute;

when the transmission resource and/or the operation attribute areconfigured for a target object, performing a deactivation functionoperation on the target object; wherein the target object is a cell, acarrier or a bandwidth part (BWP).

One embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an activationcontrol method including:

transmitting indication information to a user equipment (UE); whereinthe indication information includes at least one of a transmissionresource and an operation attribute, the indication information is usedto indicate the user equipment to perform a deactivation functionoperation on the target object when the transmission resource and/or theoperation attribute are configured for the target object, and the targetobject is a cell, a carrier or a BWP.

One embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a userequipment including:

a receiving module used to receive configuration information transmittedby a network device, wherein the configuration information is used toindicate at least one of a transmission resource and an operationattribute;

a processing module used to perform a deactivation function operation onthe target object when the transmission resource and/or the operationattribute are configured for a target object, wherein the target objectis a cell, a carrier or a BWP.

One embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a networkdevice including:

an indication information transmission module used to transmitindication information to a user equipment (UE), wherein the indicationinformation includes at least one of a transmission resource and anoperation attribute, the indication information is used to indicate theuser equipment to perform a deactivation function operation on thetarget object when the transmission resource and/or the operationattribute are configured for the target object, and the target object isa cell, a carrier or a BWP.

One embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a userequipment including:

one or more processors;

a memory; and

one or more programs; wherein the one or more computer programs arestored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or moreprocessors, the computer program is executed to implement steps of theabove method.

One embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a networkdevice including:

one or more processors;

a memory; and

one or more programs; wherein the one or more computer programs arestored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or moreprocessors, the computer program is executed to implement steps of theabove method.

One embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computerreadable storage medium including a computer program stored thereon;wherein the computer program is executed by a processor to implement thesteps of the above method.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To describe technical solutions of embodiments in the application moreclear, brief descriptions of the drawings used for depicting embodimentsof the application will be put forward in the following. It is obviousthat, the drawings described in the following are only some embodimentsof the application. For persons having ordinary skill in the art, otherdrawings may be obtained from these drawings without creative work.

FIG. 1 is a first flowchart of an activation control method according toan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a second flowchart of an activation control method accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a first diagram of a user equipment according to an embodimentof the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a first diagram of a network device according to an embodimentof the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a second diagram of a user equipment according to anembodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 6 is a second diagram of a network device according to anembodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure areclearly and completely described in the following with reference to theaccompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Itis apparent the embodiments in the following description are merely apart rather than all of the embodiments of this disclosure. All otherembodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based onthe embodiments of this disclosure without creative efforts shall fallwithin the scope of this disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is a flowchart of an activation controlmethod according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 1, the method includes the following steps.

Step 101: receiving configuration information transmitted by a networkdevice, where the configuration information is used to indicate at leastone of a transmission resource and an operation attribute.

The activation control method provided in the embodiment of the presentdisclosure is mainly applied to a user equipment, and is used to controlactivation and deactivation states of a cell, a carrier or a BWP.

In this step, the above transmission resource includes an uplinktransmission resource or a downlink transmission resource. According tothe indication of the network device, the user equipment configures,allocates or activates at least one of the transmission resource and theoperation attribute. The operation attribute is used to set UL skipmechanism, and includes an uplink skip attribute and a non-uplink skipattribute. Specifically, the uplink skip attribute refers to nottransmitting on the transmission resource when the user equipment has nouplink data to be transmitted during uplink scheduling transmission. Thenon-uplink skip attribute refers to transmitting a preset invalid valueon the transmission resource when the user equipment has no uplink datato be transmitted during uplink scheduling transmission.

Step 102: when the transmission resource and/or the operation attributeare configured for a target object, performing a deactivation functionoperation on the target object.

In this step, the target object is a cell, a carrier or a BWP. In thisembodiment, the activation or deactivation operation may be performed onan activation object which may be the cell, the carrier or the BWP. Theperforming a deactivation function operation on the target object mayinclude: performing a deactivation function operation on the cell, thecarrier or the BWP. That is, when a deactivation condition is met, theuser equipment performs a deactivation operation on the cell, thecarrier or the BWP. The deactivation condition may be a deactivationtimeout or receiving a deactivation command. That is, in thisembodiment, if the cell is taken as the activation target, when the cellincludes the configured transmission resource, the deactivation functionoperation may be performed on the cell. If the carrier is taken as theactivation object, when the carrier includes the configured transmissionresource, the deactivation function operation may be performed on thecarrier. If the BWP is taken as the activation object, when the BWPincludes the configured transmission resource, the deactivation functionoperation may be performed on the BWP. It should be understood that, inthis embodiment, according to the transmission resource and/or theoperation attribute configured by the network side, the user equipmentmay actively perform the deactivation function operation on the targetobject according to the pre-agreement, or may perform the deactivationfunction operation on the target object according to the indication ofthe network device.

Thus, in this embodiment, the configuration information transmitted bythe network device is received, the configuration information is used toindicate at least one of a transmission resource and an operationattribute; if the transmission resource and/or the operation attributeare configured for the target object, deactivation function operation isperformed on the target object, where the target object is the cell, thecarrier or the BWP. Because the deactivation function performed on thecell, the carrier or the BWP can be limited by the transmissionresources, this can effectively avoid the problem that if the PDCCH islost, deactivation time of the cell, the carrier or the BWP expires andthen a wrong deactivation operation is triggered, resulting delay inuplink transmission of the user equipment.

It should be understood that types of transmission resources may be setaccording to actual needs. For example, in this embodiment, thetransmission resource includes a semi-static resource and/or agrant-free resource. In addition, the above operation attribute is usedto set the UL skip mechanism. In this embodiment, the above operationattribute is an uplink skip attribute. In this embodiment, when thetransmission resource is a semi-static resource, the target object canbe configured as UL Skip according to the above uplink skip attribute.That is, when transmitting data in a semi-static resource, if there isno data transmission, transmission on the resource can be directlyskipped without data transmission. Further, the above transmissionresource further includes a dynamic scheduling resource. When thetransmission resource is a dynamic scheduling resource, the targetobject or the user equipment needs to be configured as UL Skip forlimiting deactivation mechanism of the target object.

In this embodiment, Skip may be configured for the target object, orSkip may be configured for the user equipment. The above performing adeactivation function operation on the target object includes:

performing a deactivation function operation on all target objectsconfigured as Skip; or,

performing a deactivation function operation on all target objects ofthe user equipment.

In this embodiment, when the user equipment configures the target objectas Skip, the deactivation function operation may be performed on alltarget objects configured as Skip. When the user equipment configuresitself as Skip, the deactivation function operation may be performed onall target objects of the user equipment. Specifically, the userequipment may configure corresponding target object or the userequipment itself as the Skip, according to the predefinition or thepre-agreement, or configure corresponding target object or the userequipment itself as the Skip, according to the indication of the networkdevice, which is not further limited herein.

It should be noted that changing manners of the deactivation mechanismof the target object may be set according to actual needs. In theembodiment of the present disclosure, the above performing adeactivation function operation on the target object includes any one ofthe following:

configuring a value of a deactivation timer for the target object asinfinity;

shielding a deactivation operation triggered for the target object whenthe deactivation timer expires;

the deactivation timer not applicable to the target object;

configuring the target object to not allow deactivation;

extending or restarting the deactivation timer according to newlytransmitted data and/or retransmitted data in the transmission resource.

In this embodiment, when configuring the value of the deactivation timerfor the target object as infinity, the deactivation timer will not runover and deactivation time will not expire. Thus, when PDCCH is lost,deactivation will not be triggered for the target object, therebyensuring that the uplink transmission will not be delayed due to thedeactivation of the target object.

When the user equipment is configured to shield a deactivation operationtriggered for the target object when the deactivation timer expires, thedeactivation timer runs normally. When PDCCH is lost, the deactivationtime expires and then generates a trigger to perform deactivationoperation on the target object. As this point, the deactivationoperation is shielded, so that the target object is not deactivated,thereby ensuring that the uplink transmission will not be delayed due tothe deactivation of the target object.

When the deactivation timer is not applicable to the target object, thedeactivation timer may be controlled to not perform timing operation,thereby preventing the target object from being deactivated when thePDCCH is lost.

When the target object is configured to not allow deactivation, thetarget object is not deactivated under any circumstances. Thus, whenPDCCH is lost, the target object is not deactivated, thereby ensuringthat the uplink transmission will not be delayed due to the deactivationof the target object. In this manner, configuring the target object tonot allow deactivation may further include: configuring the userequipment to shield deactivation operation for the target object in areceived deactivation command. That is, no matter whether thedeactivation command generated when deactivation time expires out or thedeactivation command transmitted by the network device, is received, theuser equipment does not perform the deactivation operation on the targetobject. The deactivation command transmitted by the network device maybe transmitted through medium access control (MAC) control element (CE)or physical downlink control channel.

When the user equipment is configured to extend or restart thedeactivation timer according to newly transmitted data and/orretransmission data in the transmission resource, the transmissionresource is not an uplink Skip transmission resource, that is, thedeactivation timer is extended or restarted only when there is data fortransmission. For example, in this embodiment, a time-out period of thedeactivation timer is defined to be 10 ms. After the deactivation timeris started, the user equipment detects whether data is received ortransmitted. If the data is received or transmitted at 5 ms, thedeactivation timer is extended or restarted. When the deactivation timeris extended, the time-out period of the deactivation timer is adjustedto be 15 ms. When the deactivation timer is restarted, the deactivationtimer is restarted from 0 ms. Since the deactivation timer is extendedor restarted when transmitting data on the above transmission resource,it is ensured that the uplink transmission is not delayed due to thedeactivation of the target object.

Further, referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an activationcontrol method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Asshown in FIG. 2, the method includes the following steps.

Step 201: transmitting indication information to a user equipment (UE),where the indication information includes at least one of a transmissionresource and an operation attribute, the indication information is usedto indicate the user equipment to perform a deactivation functionoperation on the target object when the transmission resource and/or theoperation attribute are configured for the target object, and the targetobject is a cell, a carrier or a BWP.

The activation control method provided in the embodiment of the presentdisclosure is mainly applied to a network device, and is used to controlactivation and deactivation states of a cell, a carrier or a BWP.

In this step, the above transmission resource includes an uplinktransmission resource or a downlink transmission resource. According tothe indication of the network device, the user equipment configures,allocates or activates at least one of the transmission resource and theoperation attribute. The operation attribute is used to set UL skipmechanism, and includes an uplink skip attribute and a non-uplink skipattribute. Specifically, the uplink skip attribute refers to nottransmitting on the transmission resource when the user equipment has nouplink data to be transmitted during uplink scheduling transmission. Thenon-uplink skip attribute refers to transmitting a preset invalid valueon the transmission resource when the user equipment has no uplink datato be transmitted during uplink scheduling transmission.

In this embodiment, the activation or deactivation operation may beperformed on an activation object which may be the cell, the carrier orthe BWP. The performing a deactivation function operation on the targetobject may include: performing a deactivation function operation on thecell, the carrier or the BWP. That is, when a deactivation condition ismet, the user equipment performs a deactivation operation on the cell,the carrier or the BWP. The deactivation condition may be a deactivationtimeout or receiving a deactivation command. That is, in thisembodiment, if the cell is taken as the activation target, when the cellincludes the configured transmission resource, the deactivation functionoperation may be performed on the cell. If the carrier is taken as theactivation object, when the carrier includes the configured transmissionresource, the deactivation function operation may be performed on thecarrier. If the BWP is taken as the activation object, when the BWPincludes the configured transmission resource, the deactivation functionoperation may be performed on the BWP.

Thus, in this embodiment, the indication information is transmitted tothe user equipment, and the indication information includes at least oneof the transmission resource and the operation attribute, the indicationinformation is used to indicate the user equipment to perform adeactivation function operation on the target object when thetransmission resource and/or the operation attribute are configured forthe target object, and the target object is a cell, a carrier or a BWP.Since the network device can indicate the deactivation functionperformed by the user equipment on the cell, the carrier or the BWPaccording to the transmission resource, this can effectively avoid theproblem that if the PDCCH is lost, deactivation time of the cell, thecarrier or the BWP expires and then a wrong deactivation operation istriggered, resulting delay in uplink transmission of the user equipment.

It should be understood that types of transmission resources may be setaccording to actual needs. For example, in this embodiment, thetransmission resource includes a semi-static resource and/or agrant-free resource. In addition, the above operation attribute is usedto set the UL skip mechanism. In this embodiment, the above operationattribute is an uplink skip attribute. In this embodiment, when thetransmission resource is a semi-static resource, the target object canbe configured as UL Skip according to the above uplink skip attribute.That is, when transmitting data in a semi-static resource, if there isno data transmission, transmission on the resource can be directlyskipped without data transmission. Further, the above transmissionresource further includes a dynamic scheduling resource. When thetransmission resource is a dynamic scheduling resource, the targetobject or the user equipment needs to be configured as UL Skip forlimiting deactivation mechanism of the target object.

In this embodiment, Skip may be configured for the target object, orSkip may be configured for the user equipment. The indicating the userequipment to perform a deactivation function operation on the targetobject includes:

indicating the user equipment to perform a deactivation functionoperation on all target objects configured as Skip; or

indicating the user equipment to perform a deactivation functionoperation on all target objects.

In this embodiment, when the user equipment configures the target objectas Skip, the deactivation function operation may be performed on alltarget objects configured as Skip. When the user equipment configuresitself as Skip, the deactivation function operation may be performed onall target objects of the user equipment. Specifically, the userequipment may configure corresponding target object or the userequipment itself as the Skip, according to the predefinition or thepre-agreement, or configure corresponding target object or the userequipment itself as the Skip, according to the indication of the networkdevice, which is not further limited herein.

It should be noted that changing manners of the deactivation mechanismof the target object may be set according to actual needs. In theembodiment of the present disclosure, the above indicating the userequipment to perform a deactivation function operation on the targetobject includes any one of the following:

indicating the user equipment to configure a value of a deactivationtimer for the target object as infinity;

indicating the user equipment to shield a deactivation operationtriggered for the target object when the deactivation timer expires;

the deactivation timer not applicable to the target object;

indicating the user equipment to configure the target object to notallow deactivation;

indicating the user equipment to extend or restart the deactivationtimer according to newly transmitted data and/or retransmitted data inthe transmission resource.

In this embodiment, when indicating the user equipment to configure thevalue of the deactivation timer for the target object as infinity, thedeactivation timer will not run over and deactivation time will notexpire. Thus, when PDCCH is lost, deactivation will not be triggered forthe target object, thereby ensuring that the uplink transmission willnot be delayed due to the deactivation of the target object.

When the user equipment is indicated to shield a deactivation operationtriggered for the target object when the deactivation timer expires, thedeactivation timer runs normally. When PDCCH is lost, the deactivationtime expires and then generates a trigger to perform deactivationoperation on the target object. As this point, the deactivationoperation is shielded, so that the target object is not deactivated,thereby ensuring that the uplink transmission will not be delayed due tothe deactivation of the target object.

When the deactivation timer is not applicable to the target object, thedeactivation timer may be controlled to not perform timing operation,thereby preventing the target object from being deactivated when thePDCCH is lost.

When the user equipment is indicated to configure the target object tonot allow deactivation, the target object is not deactivated under anycircumstances. Thus, when PDCCH is lost, the target object is notdeactivated, thereby ensuring that the uplink transmission will not bedelayed due to the deactivation of the target object. In this manner,indicating the user equipment to configure the target object to notallow deactivation may further include: indicating the user equipment toshield deactivation operation for the target object in a receiveddeactivation command. That is, no matter whether the deactivationcommand generated when deactivation time expires out or the deactivationcommand transmitted by the network device, is received, the userequipment does not perform the deactivation operation on the targetobject. The deactivation command transmitted by the network device maybe transmitted through medium access control (MAC) control element (CE)or physical downlink control channel.

When the user equipment is configured to extend or restart thedeactivation timer according to newly transmitted data and/orretransmission data in the transmission resource, the transmissionresource is not an uplink Skip transmission resource, that is, thedeactivation timer is extended or restarted only when there is data fortransmission. For example, in this embodiment, a time-out period of thedeactivation timer is defined to be 10 ms. After the deactivation timeris started, the user equipment detects whether data is received ortransmitted. If the data is received or transmitted at 5 ms, thedeactivation timer is extended or restarted. When the deactivation timeris extended, the time-out period of the deactivation timer is adjustedto be 15 ms. When the deactivation timer is restarted, the deactivationtimer is restarted from 0 ms. Since the deactivation timer is extendedor restarted when transmitting data on the above transmission resource,it is ensured that the uplink transmission is not delayed due to thedeactivation of the target object.

Referring to FIG. 3, one embodiment of the present disclosure furtherprovides a user equipment, and the user equipment includes:

a receiving module 301 used to receive configuration informationtransmitted by a network device, where the configuration information isused to indicate at least one of a transmission resource and anoperation attribute;

a processing module 302 used to perform a deactivation functionoperation on the target object when the transmission resource and/or theoperation attribute are configured for a target object, where the targetobject is a cell, a carrier or a BWP.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes a semi-static resourceand/or a grant-free resource.

Optionally, the operation attribute is an uplink skip attribute.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes a dynamic schedulingresource, the target object or the user equipment is configured as ULSkip.

Optionally, the processing module is specifically used to:

perform a deactivation function operation on all target objectsconfigured as Skip; or,

perform a deactivation function operation on all target objects of theuser equipment.

Optionally, performing a deactivation function operation on the targetobject includes any one of the following:

configuring a value of a deactivation timer for the target object asinfinity;

shielding a deactivation operation triggered for the target object whenthe deactivation timer expires;

the deactivation timer not applicable to the target object;

configuring the target object to not allow deactivation;

extending or restarting the deactivation timer according to newlytransmitted data and/or retransmitted data in the transmission resource.

Optionally, configuring the target object to not allow deactivationincludes: configuring the user equipment to shield deactivationoperation for the target object in a received deactivation command.

Optionally, the deactivation command may be transmitted through mediumaccess control (MAC) control element (CE) or physical downlink controlchannel.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes an uplink transmissionresource or a downlink transmission resource.

The user equipment provided in the embodiment of the present disclosurecan implement various procedures implemented by the user equipment inthe method embodiment of FIG. 1. To avoid repetition, details are notdescribed herein again.

Referring to FIG. 4, one embodiment of the present disclosure furtherprovides a network device, and the network device includes:

an indication information transmission module 401 used to transmitindication information to a user equipment (UE), where the indicationinformation includes at least one of a transmission resource and anoperation attribute, the indication information is used to indicate theuser equipment to perform a deactivation function operation on thetarget object when the transmission resource and/or the operationattribute are configured for the target object, and the target object isa cell, a carrier or a BWP.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes a semi-static resourceand/or a grant-free resource.

Optionally, the operation attribute is an uplink skip attribute.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes a dynamic schedulingresource, the target object or the user equipment is configured as ULSkip.

Optionally, the indication information transmission module isspecifically used to: indicate the user equipment to perform adeactivation function operation on all target objects configured asSkip; or

indicate the user equipment to perform a deactivation function operationon all target objects.

Optionally, indicating the user equipment to perform a deactivationfunction operation on the target object includes any one of thefollowing:

indicating the user equipment to configure a value of a deactivationtimer for the target object as infinity;

indicating the user equipment to shield a deactivation operationtriggered for the target object when the deactivation timer expires;

the deactivation timer not applicable to the target object;

indicating the user equipment to configure the target object to notallow deactivation;

indicating the user equipment to extend or restart the deactivationtimer according to newly transmitted data and/or retransmitted data inthe transmission resource.

Optionally, the deactivation command may be transmitted through mediumaccess control (MAC) control element (CE) or physical downlink controlchannel.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes an uplink transmissionresource or a downlink transmission resource.

The network device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosurecan implement various procedures implemented by the network device inthe method embodiment of FIG. 2. To avoid repetition, details are notdescribed herein again.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a userequipment that implements various embodiments of the present disclosure.

The user equipment 500 includes, but is not limited to, a radiofrequency unit 501, a network module 502, an audio output unit 503, aninput unit 504, a sensor 505, a display unit 506, a user input unit 507,an interface unit 508, a memory 509, a processor 510, and a power supply511 and other components. It will be understood by those skilled in theart that structures of the user equipment shown in FIG. 5 do notconstitute a limitation on the user equipment, and the user equipmentmay include more or less components than the illustration, or combinesome components, or different component arrangement. In the embodimentof the present disclosure, the user equipment includes, but is notlimited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, apalmtop computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, apedometer, and the like.

The radio frequency unit 501 is used to receive configurationinformation transmitted by a network device, where the configurationinformation is used to indicate at least one of a transmission resourceand an operation attribute.

The processor 510 is used to perform a deactivation function operationon the target object when the transmission resource and/or the operationattribute are configured for a target object, where the target object isa cell, a carrier or a BWP.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes a semi-static resourceand/or a grant-free resource.

Optionally, the operation attribute is an uplink skip attribute.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes a dynamic schedulingresource, the target object or the user equipment is configured as ULSkip.

Optionally, the processor 510 is specifically used to: perform adeactivation function operation on all target objects configured asSkip; or, perform a deactivation function operation on all targetobjects of the user equipment.

Optionally, performing a deactivation function operation on the targetobject includes any one of the following:

configuring a value of a deactivation timer for the target object asinfinity;

shielding a deactivation operation triggered for the target object whenthe deactivation timer expires;

the deactivation timer not applicable to the target object;

configuring the target object to not allow deactivation;

extending or restarting the deactivation timer according to newlytransmitted data and/or retransmitted data in the transmission resource.

Optionally, configuring the target object to not allow deactivationincludes: configuring the user equipment to shield deactivationoperation for the target object in a received deactivation command.

Optionally, the deactivation command may be transmitted through mediumaccess control (MAC) control element (CE) or physical downlink controlchannel.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes an uplink transmissionresource or a downlink transmission resource.

Because the deactivation function performed on the cell, the carrier orthe BWP can be limited according to the transmission resources, this caneffectively avoid the problem that if the PDCCH is lost, deactivationtime of the cell, the carrier or the BWP expires and then a wrongdeactivation operation is triggered, resulting delay in uplinktransmission of the user equipment.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the radio frequency unit 501 can be used for receiving andtransmitting information, or receiving and transmitting signals during acall. Specifically, the radio frequency unit receives downlink data fromthe network device and then provides the data to the processor 510 forprocessing; and transmits uplink data to the network device. In general,the radio frequency unit 501 includes, but is not limited to, anantenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noiseamplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequencyunit 501 may also communicate with the network and other devices througha wireless communication system.

The user equipment provides the user with wireless broadband internetaccess through the network module 502, such as helping users to transmitand receive emails, browse web pages, and access streaming media.

The audio output unit 503 can convert audio data received by the radiofrequency unit 501 or the network module 502 or stored in the memory 509into an audio signal and output as a sound. Further, the audio outputunit 503 may also provide audio output related to a particular function(for example, call signal reception sound, message reception sound,etc.) performed by the user equipment 500. The audio output unit 503includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 504 is used for receiving an audio or video signal. Theinput unit 504 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 5041 and amicrophone 5042. The graphics processing unit 5041 processes image dataof static pictures or videos obtained by an image capturing device (suchas a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. Theprocessed image frame can be displayed on the display unit 506. Theimage frames processed by the graphics processing unit 5041 may bestored in the memory 509 (or other storage medium) or transmitted viathe radio frequency unit 501 or the network module 502. The microphone5042 can receive sound and process such sound into audio data. Theprocessed audio data can be converted into a format output that can betransmitted to the mobile communication network device via the radiofrequency unit 501 in telephone call mode.

The user equipment 500 also includes at least one sensor 505, such as alight sensor, motion sensor and other sensors. Specifically, the lightsensor includes an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor. Theambient light sensor can adjust the brightness of a display panel 5061according to the brightness of the ambient light. The proximity sensorcan turn off the display panel 5061 and/or the backlight when the userequipment 500 is moved to the ear. As one type of the motion sensor, anaccelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in variousdirections (usually three axes), and can detect the magnitude anddirection of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identifyorientation of the user equipment (such as horizontal and verticalscreen switching, related games, magnetometer attitude calibration) andidentify related functions via vibration (such as pedometer, tapping).The sensor 505 may further include a fingerprint sensor, a pressuresensor, an iris sensor, a molecular sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, ahygrometer, a thermometer, an infrared sensor and the like, which arenot described here.

The display unit 506 may be used to display information inputted by theuser, or information provided for the user. The display unit 560 mayinclude a display panel 5061. Optionally, the display panel 5061 may beconfigured by using LCD, or Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED).

The user input unit 507 may be used to receive numeric or characterinformation inputted by a user, and generate an input of signal, whichis relevant with user settings and function control of the userequipment. Specifically, the user input unit 506 may include a touchpanel 5071 and other input device 5072. The touch panel 5071, alsoreferred to as touch screen, may collect touch operations of the user onor around the touch screen (e.g., a user's operations on the touch panel5071 by using a finger, a touch pen, or any appropriate object orattachment), and drive a corresponding connection device, based on apreset program. The touch panel 5071 may include two parts, e.g., atouch detecting device, and a touch controller. The touch detectingdevice is used to detect a touch direction of a user, detect a signalfrom a touch operation, and transmit the signal to the touch controller.The touch controller is used to receive touch information from the touchdetecting device, convert the touch information to contact coordinates,transmit the contact coordinates to the processor 510, receive andexecute a command from the processor 510. In addition, the touch panel5071 may be implemented by various types, such as, resistive,capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic waves. In addition to thetouch panel 5071, the user input unit 507 may also include other inputdevice 5072, which may include, but is not limited to, a physicalkeyboard, function keys (such as volume control buttons, switch buttons,etc.), trackball, mouse, joystick, and the like.

Further, the touch panel 5071 may cover the display panel 5061. When thetouch panel 5071 detects a touch operation on, or around it, transmitsto the processor 510, so as to determine the type of the touch event.Subsequently, the processor 510 provides a corresponding visual outputon the touch display based on the type of the touch event. Although inFIG. 5, the touch panel 5071 and the display panel 5061 are twoindependent components to implement the input and output functions ofthe user equipment, in a specific application, the touch panel 5071 andthe display panel 5061 can be integrated to implement the input andoutput functions of the user equipment.

The interface unit 508 is an interface through which an external deviceis connected to the user equipment 500. For example, the external devicemay include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power (orbattery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory cardport, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, anaudio input/output (I/O) port, video I/O port, headphone port. Theinterface unit 508 can be used to receive input from an external device(such as data information, power) and the received input may betransmitted to one or more components within the user equipment 500, orcan be used to transmit data between the user equipment 500 and theexternal device.

The memory 509 can be used to store software programs as well as variousdata. The memory 509 may mainly include a storage program area and astorage data area. The storage program area may store an operatingsystem, an application required for at least one function (such as asound playing function, an image playing function, etc.). The storagedata area may store data created (such as audio data, phone book) when amobile phone is used. Further, the memory 509 may include a high speedrandom access memory, and may also include a nonvolatile memory such asat least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or othervolatile solid state storage device.

The processor 510 is a control center of the user equipment 500. Theprocessor 510 connects each part of the whole user equipment, by usingvarious interfaces and lines. The processor 5100 performs variousfunctions of the user equipment, and processes data, by running orexecuting software programs, and/or, modules in the memory 509, andcalls data in the memory 509, so as to perform an overall monitor on theuser equipment. Optionally, the processor 510 may include one or moreprocessing units. Preferably, the processor 510 may integrate anapplication processor and a modem processor. The application processormainly processes the operating system, the user interface, applications,etc. the modem processor mainly handles wireless communication. It canbe understood that the above modem processor may not be integrated intothe processor 510.

The user equipment 500 may further include a power source 511 (such as abattery) for supplying power to the various components. Preferably, thepower source 511 may be logically connected to the processor 510 througha power management system to manage charging, discharging, and powermanagement through the power management system.

In addition, the user equipment 500 includes some functional modules notshown, and details are not described herein again.

Optionally, one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides auser equipment, including a processor 510, a memory 509 and a computerprogram stored on the memory 509 and executable on the processor 510.The computer program is executed by the processor 510 to implementvarious procedures of the activation control method in the aboveembodiment and the same technical effects can be achieved. To avoidrepetition, details are not described herein again.

One embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computerreadable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium stores acomputer program. The computer program is executed by a processor toimplement various procedures of the activation control method in theabove embodiment and the same technical effects can be achieved. Toavoid repetition, details are not described herein again. The computerreadable storage medium may be, for example, a read-only memory (ROM), arandom access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

Referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a diagram of a network device accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure, which can implement thedetails of the activation control method in the foregoing embodiment andachieve the same effect. As shown in FIG. 6, the network device 600includes a processor 601, a transceiver 602, a memory 603, a userinterface 604 and a bus interface.

The processor 601 is used to read a program in the memory 603 andexecute the following process: transmitting indication information to auser equipment (UE), where the indication information includes at leastone of a transmission resource and an operation attribute, theindication information is used to indicate the user equipment to performa deactivation function operation on the target object when thetransmission resource and/or the operation attribute are configured forthe target object, and the target object is a cell, a carrier or a BWP.

In FIG. 6, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnectedbuses and bridges. Specifically, one or more processors demonstratedwith processor 601 are coupled with various circuits of memory, which isdemonstrated with memory 603. The bus architecture may also link variousother circuits, such as, peripherals, voltage regulators, and powermanagement circuits, as is known in the art. Thus, in the application,no further description is provided. The bus interface provides aninterface. The transceiver 602 may be composed of multiple components,that is, including a transmitter and a receiver, which provide a unitfor communicating with various other devices via the transmittingmedium.

For different user equipment, the user interface 604 may also be aninterface capable of externally/internally connecting required deviceswhich include but not limited to a keypad, a display, a speaker, amicrophone, a joystick.

The processor 601 is in charge of managing bus architecture and generalprocessing. The memory 603 may store data used when the processor 601performs operations.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes a semi-static resourceand/or a grant-free resource.

Optionally, the operation attribute is an uplink skip attribute.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes a dynamic schedulingresource, the target object or the user equipment is configured as ULSkip.

Optionally, the program is executed by the processor 601 to implementthe following steps: indicating the user equipment to perform adeactivation function operation on all target objects configured asSkip; or

indicating the user equipment to perform a deactivation functionoperation on all target objects.

Optionally, indicating the user equipment to perform a deactivationfunction operation on the target object includes any one of thefollowing:

indicating the user equipment to configure a value of a deactivationtimer for the target object as infinity;

indicating the user equipment to shield a deactivation operationtriggered for the target object when the deactivation timer expires;

the deactivation timer not applicable to the target object;

indicating the user equipment to configure the target object to notallow deactivation;

indicating the user equipment to extend or restart the deactivationtimer according to newly transmitted data and/or retransmitted data inthe transmission resource.

Optionally, indicating the user equipment to configure the target objectto not allow deactivation includes:

indicating the user equipment to configure the user equipment to shielddeactivation operation for the target object in a received deactivationcommand.

Optionally, the deactivation command may be transmitted through mediumaccess control (MAC) control element (CE) or physical downlink controlchannel.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes an uplink transmissionresource or a downlink transmission resource.

Thus, in this embodiment, the indication information is transmitted tothe user equipment, and the indication information includes at least oneof the transmission resource and the operation attribute, the indicationinformation is used to indicate the user equipment to perform adeactivation function operation on the target object when thetransmission resource and/or the operation attribute are configured forthe target object, and the target object is a cell, a carrier or a BWP.Since the network device can indicate the deactivation functionperformed by the user equipment on the cell, the carrier or the BWPaccording to the transmission resource, this can effectively avoid theproblem that if the PDCCH is lost, deactivation time of the cell, thecarrier or the BWP expires and then a wrong deactivation operation istriggered, resulting delay in uplink transmission of the user equipment.

Persons having ordinary skill in the art may learn that, taking intoaccount various embodiments of the present disclosure, units andalgorithm blocks described in each example may be implemented byelectronic hardware, or in a combination of computer software andelectronic hardware. Whether these functions are implemented by usinghardware or software depends on specific application, and designconstraints of the technical solution. A skilled person may adoptdifferent methods to implement described functions of each specificapplication, but such implementation should not be considered to extendbeyond the scope of the present disclosure.

Persons having ordinary skill in the art may clearly understand that,for convenient and concise of the description, specific work process offoregoing system, device and unit may refer to a corresponding processin method embodiments, which are not repeated here.

In the embodiments of the application, it should be understood that, thedisclosed device and method may be implemented by using other methods.For example, device embodiments described above are only illustrative,e.g., division of the unit is only a logical division, there may beadditional division methods during actual implementation. For example,multiple units or components may be combined, or integrated into anothersystem. Alternatively, some features may be omitted, or not performed.From another point of view, the mutual coupling shown or discussed, ordirect coupling, or communication connection may be through someinterfaces. The indirect coupling, or communication connection amongdevices or units may be electronic, mechanical, or in other form.

Units described as separate components may be, or may be not physicallyseparated. Components, displayed as units, may be or may be not aphysical unit, which may be located in one place, or may be distributedto multiple network units. Some units, or all the units may be selectedto implement the objectives of the solution in the embodiment, based onactual requirements.

In addition, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, eachfunctional unit may be integrated into one processing unit.Alternatively, each unit may exist physically alone. Stillalternatively, two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

When the functions are implemented in the form of a software functionalunit, and sold or used as an independent product, such softwarefunctional unit may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Onthe basis of such understanding, essence of technical solution in thepresent disclosure, or a part thereof contributing to the existingtechnology, or just a part of the technical solution may be demonstratedwith a software product. The computer software product is stored in astorage medium, which includes several instructions to enable a computerdevice (which may be a Personal Computer (PC), a server, or a networkdevice, and so on) to execute all the blocks, or some blocks in a methodof each embodiment in the present disclosure. The foregoing storagemedium includes a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM),a Random Access Memory (RAM), a disk, or a Compact Disk (CD), or variousmediums which may store program codes.

Foregoing describes optional implementation modes of the presentdisclosure, but the protection scope of the present disclosure is notlimited to this. For persons having ordinary skill in the art, severalimprovements and changes may be made, without departing from theprinciple of the present disclosure. These improvements and changesshould also be within the scope of the present disclosure. Therefore,the protection scope of the present disclosure shall be subject to theprotection scope of the claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. An activation control method comprising:receiving configuration information transmitted by a network device,wherein the configuration information is used to indicate at least oneof a transmission resource and an operation attribute; when thetransmission resource and/or the operation attribute are configured fora target object, performing a deactivation function operation on thetarget object; wherein the target object is a cell, a carrier or abandwidth part (BWP).
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein thetransmission resource comprises a semi-static resource and/or agrant-free resource.
 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein theoperation attribute is an uplink skip attribute.
 4. The method accordingto claim 3, wherein the transmission resource comprises a dynamicscheduling resource, the target object or the user equipment isconfigured as UL Skip.
 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein theperforming a deactivation function operation on the target objectcomprises: performing a deactivation function operation on all targetobjects configured as Skip; or, performing a deactivation functionoperation on all target objects of the user equipment.
 6. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the transmission resource comprises anuplink transmission resource or a downlink transmission resource.
 7. Themethod according to claim 1, wherein the performing a deactivationfunction operation on the target object comprises any one of thefollowing: configuring a value of a deactivation timer for the targetobject as infinity; shielding a deactivation operation triggered for thetarget object when the deactivation timer expires; the deactivationtimer not applicable to the target object; configuring the target objectto not allow deactivation; extending or restarting the deactivationtimer according to newly transmitted data and/or retransmitted data inthe transmission resource.
 8. The method according to claim 7, whereinthe configuring the target object to not allow deactivation comprises:configuring the user equipment to shield deactivation operation for thetarget object in a received deactivation command.
 9. The methodaccording to claim 8, wherein the deactivation command is transmittedthrough medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) or physicaldownlink control channel.
 10. An activation control method comprising:transmitting indication information to a user equipment (UE); whereinthe indication information comprises at least one of a transmissionresource and an operation attribute, the indication information is usedto indicate the user equipment to perform a deactivation functionoperation on the target object when the transmission resource and/or theoperation attribute are configured for the target object, and the targetobject is a cell, a carrier or a BWP.
 11. The method according to claim10, wherein the transmission resource comprises a semi-static resourceand/or a grant-free resource.
 12. The method according to claim 10,wherein the operation attribute is an uplink skip attribute.
 13. Themethod according to claim 12, wherein the transmission resourcecomprises a dynamic scheduling resource, the target object or the userequipment is configured as UL Skip.
 14. The method according to claim13, wherein indicating the user equipment to perform a deactivationfunction operation on the target object comprises: indicating the userequipment to perform a deactivation function operation on all targetobjects configured as Skip; or indicating the user equipment to performa deactivation function operation on all target objects.
 15. The methodaccording to claim 10, wherein the transmission resource comprises anuplink transmission resource or a downlink transmission resource. 16.The method according to claim 10, wherein indicating the user equipmentto perform a deactivation function operation on the target objectcomprises any one of the following: indicating the user equipment toconfigure a value of a deactivation timer for the target object asinfinity; indicating the user equipment to shield a deactivationoperation triggered for the target object when the deactivation timerexpires; the deactivation timer not applicable to the target object;indicating the user equipment to configure the target object to notallow deactivation; indicating the user equipment to extend or restartthe deactivation timer according to newly transmitted data and/orretransmitted data in the transmission resource.
 17. The methodaccording to claim 16, wherein the indicating the user equipment toconfigure the target object to not allow deactivation comprises:indicating the user equipment to configure the user equipment to shielddeactivation operation for the target object in a received deactivationcommand.
 18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the deactivationcommand is transmitted through medium access control (MAC) controlelement (CE) or physical downlink control channel. 19-36. (canceled) 37.A user equipment comprising: one or more processors; a memory; and oneor more programs; wherein the one or more computer programs are storedin the memory and configured to be executed by the one or moreprocessors, the computer program is executed to implement steps of themethod according to claim
 1. 38. A user equipment comprising: one ormore processors; a memory; and one or more programs; wherein the one ormore computer programs are stored in the memory and configured to beexecuted by the one or more processors, the computer program is executedto implement steps of the method according to claim
 10. 39-40.(canceled)